| Comophorina | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | Pancrustacea |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Suborder: | Polyphaga |
| Infraorder: | Scarabaeiformia |
| Family: | Scarabaeidae |
| Subfamily: | Melolonthinae |
| Tribe: | Comophini Britton, 1978 |
| Genus: | Comophorina Strand, 1928 |
| Species: | C. testaceipennis
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| Binomial name | |
| Comophorina testaceipennis (Blanchard, 1850)
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Comophorina is a genus of scarab beetles in the family Scarabaeidae and only genus within the tribe Comophini. It only contains the species, Comophorina testaceipennis,1 which is found in New South Wales, Australia.2
Description
Adults reach a length of about 7–8 mm (0.28–0.31 in). The body is black, but the elytra are bright yellowish brown with the basal and lateral margins black. The antennae are yellowish, with a brown club. The palpi, anterior and middle tibiae and tarsi are yellowish brown and the hind legs are dark brown. There are long yellowish setae on the head, while the setae on the pronotum are brownish. The setae on the elytra are long at the base and short towards the apex.33
References
References
- "Global Biodiversity Information Facility". gbif.org. Retrieved June 12, 2026.
- Schoolmeesters, P. (2025). "Comophini at Catalogue of Life". World Scarabaeidae Database (version 2025-10-07). In O. Bánki, Y. Roskov, M. Döring, G. Ower, D. R. Hernández Robles, C. A. Plata Corredor, T. Stjernegaard Jeppesen, A. Örn, T. Pape, D. Hobern, S. Garnett, H. Little, R. E. DeWalt, J. Miller, T. Orrell, & R. Aalbu, Catalogue of Life (2025-10-10 XR). Amsterdam, Netherlands: Catalogue of Life Foundation. Retrieved June 12, 2026.
- Britton, E. B. (1987). "A revision of the Australian chafers (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Melolonthinae). Vol. 5. Tribes Scitalini and Comophorini". Invertebrate Taxonomy. 1 (6): 685-799. Retrieved June 11, 2026.